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Glossary P

PLLC - Professional Limited Liability Company

A PLLC is a limited liability in which all members are professionals in a specific profession (CPA, chiropractor, attorney, for example). A PLLC is set up in a state and governed by the rules of that state.

Passive Loss - Passive Activity Loss

Describes a passive loss (loss from passive business activity)

Passive Activity

Definition of a passive activity.

Public Domain

Public Domain

Payroll

Payroll definition

Pass-through Taxes

Pass-through taxes

Patent

patent

Partnership

partnership

Partnership Agreement

Partnership Agreement

Partnership - Types of Partnerships

Partnership - Limited Liability Partnership - Limited Partnership - General Partnership

Pay Period

Pay Period

Payroll Taxes

Payroll Taxes

Per Diem

Definition of Per Diem

Per Diem - Per Diem Rates

Per Diem Definition and Per Diem Rates

Personal Guarantee

Personal Guarantee

Personal Property

Personal Property

Petty Cash

Petty cash defined and some petty cash management details described

Piercing the Corporate Veil

Piercing the Corporate Veil

What is a Plaintiff?

Definition of a plaintiff

Portable Employer of Record

Portable employer of record

Preferred Stock/Preferred Shares

Preferred stock - preferred shares in a corporation

Prime Rate

prime rate

Pro Forma

Pro Forma

Proxy Statement - Voting by Proxy

Proxy statement and voting by proxy

Professional Corporation

Definition of a professional corporation

Principal (of a Loan)

Principal on a loan

Private Company

Private Company

Profit

Profit

Promissory Note

Promissory Note

Publicly Held Company

What is a publicly held company?

Purchase Order

Defines a purchase order and describes the parts of this order.

Par Value

Par Value

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